Sugar Gliders make wonderful pets !

United States
September 4, 2007 6:54am CST
About 3 yrs. ago I called up an ad for Sugar Gliders for sale, the gentleman said that he was selling them for $100, so I asked him if I could come take a look at them and he said sure. My son, and I went to see them, granted we had never seen one before, but I did a lot of reading about the gliders before hand. He had them all out running around, and I had 1 jump on me and sit on my shoulder, the littlest went on my son. We fell in love with them right away, well we ended up having a set of twins a few months later ! We raised them and sold them for $125 each, and we answered another ad for a female glider for sale for $50, I purchased her, and we ended up with another set of twins, we sold them for $100 each. I love my Sugar Gliders they are cute, fun, loving, and very interesting to own, and when they have babies, the Joey's are the cutest little things you would ever want to see. I love hearing them bark it sounds like a little puppy barking at a distance. The momma glider sings to her babies, a different sound for each baby. We now own 6 Sugar Gliders and the minute I go by the cage and make a sound they peek their little heads out of the pouch and come running. They are very easy to care for, and inexpensive to care for, the cage is the most expensive thing you have to purchase ! My children love them too ! I can't imagine ever being without my Sugar Gliders !
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• United States
26 Nov 07
I heard that they usually pick one member of the family and are only close to them, is that true? Are they a good family pet?
• United States
26 Nov 07
That is not true ! I have 4 children and as well my husband and the Sugar Gliders take to all of us ! They do however come running when they hear my voice, but they come to everyone in the family ! A person that they don't know the scent of they shy away from and even nip them until they get to know them. They make wonderful family pets ! They are a lot of fun, and very interesting to watch and learn about. If you have the chance to add Sugar Gliders to your family I say do it you will really enjoy them !
• United States
26 Nov 07
That is wonderful news. I have really wanted a pair for awhile now. We have a young son, and I just haven't felt I knew enough about how they might react to him. I found a place that sells them down here (we just moved). Maybe I can talk my husband in to taking me out there after all! :-D Thank you for sharing!
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
4 Sep 07
I have never even heard of a sugar glider. Do you have a picture you could share?I guess I'll have to look it up and see what they are. Welcome to Mylot I hope you like it here.
• United States
4 Sep 07
Yes I do and I will post it for you to see they are the cutest little one's ever!